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I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Coventry
England
UK
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I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.
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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
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The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.
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I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.
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Good dialogue is very important.
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I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
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Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
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The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
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Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.
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I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
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Death frees the beast.
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I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.
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Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.
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I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.
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It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
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Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.
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America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.
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